Comments on: Markham’s step closer to having an NHL-worthy arenahttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/08/08/markhams-step-closer-to-having-an-nhl-worthy-arena/
ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:04:14 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: wayoffpistehttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/08/08/markhams-step-closer-to-having-an-nhl-worthy-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-96985
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:56:05 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96985Yes, because it is proven that teams with a hockey market can better support a team. Prime example: Minnesota. Haven’t been the best team yet, but we have always sold a ton of jerseys, sell out our awesome arena, and we have great fans through thick and all too often thin. I would love to see all of the teams below the Mason Dixon Line move back up north where hockey is king. Hockey needs unconditional fans, not bandwagon fans.

Real simple: no NHL franchises where you cannot sustain outdoor ice.

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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:42:43 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96824But the greater Toronto area has almost twice the population of even Seattle, and damn near everyone there are hockey fans. This would be the perfect time for a Markham team because the Leafs are not inspiring confidence, and I bet there are some fans who would willingly jump ship for the chance to support a new team. And if it happens to be the coyotes, a team that probably has a better shot at winning than the leafs do.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:33:40 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96822My guess is it’d be a tough sell to convince the Islanders, known to everyone who aren’t AVID hockey fans as ‘that other hockey team in NYC’ to move to Canada where they can be ‘that other hockey team in Toronto’.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:38:52 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96801I’m all for Canada (Seattle seems like it should be in Canada) getting more teams. I just think it be wise to get all of those other cities a team before Toronto gets a second. You know lawsuits and nonsense would pop up if another team cut in on the leafs territory.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:26:58 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96798Money, brah. The big boys don’t want to keep sharing revenue to the teams that are hemorrhaging dough, and I really believe we’ll see a push for some of these southern teams to move to greener pastures. Quebec, Hamilton, T.O., Seattle, once these places get NHL calibre arenas, they’ll start getting stronger consideration. Quebec would be the first in line because they still have Le Colisee that they could play in while they build a new barn.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:58:48 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96784Just seems so dumb. Why cause problems for the leafs by putting another team on their turf? There have to be other Canadian cities willing to build an arena. Quebec for starters…
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:21:18 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96776Maybe even expansion, who knows? If more teams relocate to better hockey markets, it would certainly ease the pressure on increasing revenue sharing. I’m sure the BoG would be ok with this.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:44:01 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96771Coyotes to Quebec, so is this for the …Islanders?
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:42:35 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-967707:40 and we already have the comment of the day.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:40:22 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96764This needs to work just so we can call the place the Markham Asylum.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:49:08 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96742The new team’s name? The Rakes. A fallen maple leaf’s greatest foe.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:04:47 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96733All the hockey is going back to Canada. WTF
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:39:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96720This one might care about building a good franchise and product on the ice rather than the other one with ridiculous prices and a window that closed back when Dougie, Wendell and Felix carried the team.
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:49:17 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96716I have no clue dude
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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:29:04 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828723#comment-96713Why would Toronto need a second team who can’t win?
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